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\'46inal Two Games of the Season for Dordt Blades
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01/30/2013
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{\b The puck drops at\uc1\u8230?}7:30 pm on \'46riday, \'46ebruary
1 and 7:00 pm on Saturday,\~ \'46ebruary 2\~ as the Blades finish
up their season with a pair of games against South Dakota State University.\~
The \'46riday game will be the final home game in the Vernon Arena
for Dordt College and the Blades will travel to Mitchell on Saturday
for their season finale in the Larson Ice Center.
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{\b \uc1\u8220?Who are they?\uc1\u8221?\uc1\u8230?}SDSU has been a
consistent opponent for the Blades over the years and both teams were
previously a part of the NCCHA conference. The Jacks are 9\_4\_0\_1
on the year with a 7\_2\_0\_1 home record.\~ SDSU has tallied 63 goals
this year and have been scored on 43 times.
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The Jacks top two point getters are Kaleb Juntunen and Hunter Anshutz
who both have 22 points.\~ Juntunen is the top goal scorer for SDSU
with 14 markers to go along with 8 assists while Anshutz has 12 goals
and 10 helpers.\~ Josh Snyder and Tom Novak both have 16 points and
Dylan Schreckenberg and Zach \'46ischer round out the double digits
scorers with 15 and 14 points respectively.
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\'46our different goalies have spent time between the pipes for the
Jacks with Michael DesLauriers posting 314 minutes in goal with a
3.43 goals against average, a .900 save percentage and a 2\_3 record.\~
Gil Haugan has 202 minutes tending the goal with a 4.74 GAA, a .880
save percentage and a 2\_2 record.\~ Tyler Lawrence is a perfect 2\_0
in goal with a 2.00 GAA and a .860 save percentage with Nick Dulas
picking up just 23 minutes in net.
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{\b The Blades\uc1\u8230?}are 3\_16 this season and are 2\_8 against
MACHA opponents.\~ Dordt has been scored on 96 times this season and
have tallied 39 of their own.\~ The Blades are 3\_3 at home and are
still looking for their first win on the road.\line
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Brandon \'46ast is leading the Blades in both goals and assists with
eight and eleven respectively for a total of 19 points.\~ Eric Huitsing,
has seven goals and seven assists for 14 points and Eric Walter has
two goals and nine helpers for eleven points.
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Riley Braun has spent every minute in goal this season for the Dordt
College Blades and has made 691 saves so far this year with a 5.05
goals against average and a .878 save percentage.
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{\b The Series\uc1\u8230?}the Blades and Jackrabbits\~ have gone head
to head 26 times since 2004 with SDSU enjoying an 15\_11 advantage
in those contests and the Jacks have won the last 6 outings against
the Blades.
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{\b Last time out\uc1\u8230?}the Jacks dropped a pair of contests
to the University of Minnesota\_Duluth on January 18 and 19 by scores
of 7\_3 and 4\_1.
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The Blades dropped a set of games to the University of Nebraska last
weekend, falling on \'46riday by a score of 6\_3 before falling by
a 5\_1 margin on Saturday.
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{\b After This Weekend\uc1\u8230?}the 2012\_2013 season will come
to close for the Dordt Blades.
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{\b New conference affiliation\uc1\u8230?}the Dordt Blades have joined
the Mid\_America Collegiate Hockey Association (MACHA) which has schools
in two separate divisions (Gold and Silver) and Dordt College will
be a part of the Silver Division.\~ Western Conference schools include:
Iowa, Iowa State, University of Wisconsin\_Platteville, Missouri State
(D3), Kansas, Nebraska and Dordt.
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The top two teams from the North, Central and West will make the playoffs,
plus 2 wild card spots decided on winning percentage.\~ Lewis, Western
Illinois, Nebraska and Dordt are all probationary teams and therefore
will not be eligible for playoffs in 2012\_2013.
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{\b The Coaches\uc1\u8230?}Bill Elgersma returns for his fourth season
behind the bench for the Blades.\~ Elgersma helped lead the Blades
to their 3rd ACHA National Tournament appearance in 2009\_2010.\~
Before taking over the reins in 2009\_2010, Elgersma served as the
assistant coach.\~ Assisting Elgersma again this season will be Adam
Jeninga (6th year) and John Langeraap (4th year).
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{\b \'46ollow The Blades\uc1\u8230?}All Dordt Blades home games will
be webcast on www.dordt.edu/athletics this season.\~ Check the Blades
website http://www.dordt.edu/athletics/hockey/ for the planned schedule.\~
You will also be able access game recaps, including box scores, from
this page along with other news items.
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Dordt College Scoring
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Player
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Goals
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Assists
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Points
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Brandon \'46ast
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8
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11
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19
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Eric Huitsing
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7
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7
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14
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Eric Walter
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2
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9
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11
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Nic Enerson
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6
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2
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8
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\~
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